Legal System:
Common Law, International Law
Practice Areas:
Arbitration, Commercial Law, Competition, Energy - Natural Resources, Infrastructure, Investment - Concession agreements, Joint Ventures - Consortia - Cooperation, Mediation, Oil - Gas - Mining, Sales - Purchases
Jurisdiction:
United States, United Kingdom
Publications
February 2024 “Putin’s Power Play: Russia’s Attacks on Ukraine’s Electric Power Infrastructure Violate International Law”
The Electricity Journal 37
November 15, 2023 “Program provides senior lawyers opportunities to teach law students abroad”
ABA Journal
December 2018 "Gas Wars in Ukraine Illustrate Europe's Vulnerability to Russian Energy Dominance"
Joint Publication by International Oil, Gas & Energy Dispute Management (OGEL 5) and Transnational Dispute Management (TDM 7)
April 2018 “Naftogaz v Gazprom: Russia’s Weaponization of Energy”
Berdyansk State Pedagogical University, International Research Conference
April 2017 “How Cyber-Attacks in Ukraine Show the Vulnerability of the US Power Grid”
Electricity Journal
Spring 2015 “The Intersection of Federally Regulated Power Markets and State Energy and Environmental Goals”
26 Fordham Environmental Law Review 474
October 6, 2014 “DOE Approval Process for LNG Exports Creates Risks for Project Developers”
Oil & Gas Journal
August 2014 “NERC’s Reliability Assurance Initiative: What Registered Entities Can Do”
Natural Gas & Electricity Journal
March 2014 “Why End Users Are Investing (Big) in Distributed Generation”
Electricity Journal
January 2014 "“Navigating the FERC Enforcement Process” from Inside the Minds: Complying with Energy and Natural Resources Regulations"
Thomson Reuters
November 4, 2013 "Regulatory Uncertainty Remains in Energy Markets"
New York Law Journal
February 6, 2012 "Dodd Frank Compliance for Oil and Gas Companies"
Oil & Gas Monitor
April 2011 "Recovery of Executive Compensation Expenses in Utility Rate Cases"
The Electricity Journal
April 2006 "Ex Ante or Ex Post? Risk, Hedging and Prudence in the Restructured Power Business"
The Electricity Journal
List of "Speaking Energy" Blogs Available Upon Request
Teaching
Adjunct Professor, Center for International Legal Studies, Salzburg, Austria 2021 (Project Finance)
Visiting Professor, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland 2019 (International Energy Policy)
Visiting Professor, International Black Sea University, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia 2018 (International Arbitration)
Visiting Professor, Berdyansk State Pedagogical University, Ukraine 2016 (International Energy Policy)
Visiting Professor, Lublin School of Technology, Lublin, Poland 2015 (Energy Infrastructure)
Education
LLM London School of Economics and Political Science (Comparative Constitutional Law & Human Rights)
LLM Boston University (International Business)
LLM Lazarsky University (Warsaw) (Transnational Commercial Transactions)
JD American University (Law)
BA Texas A&M University (English & Political Science)
Other Information
Certificate, International Commercial Arbitration, ICC Advanced Arbitration Academy for North America (2024)
Diploma, International Commercial Arbitration, CIARB/Oxford (2024)
Certified Neutral, EDR Institute (2022)
Certificate in Mediation and Conflict Management, Harvard Program on Negotiation, 2022
Certificate in Leader Development, National Security, and Strategy, U.S. Army War College, 2021
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, 2018
Certified Neutral, EDR Institute, 2022
Former Chair, Energy Regulation, Markets & Enforcement Practice, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Former Steering Committee Member, Global Transactions Practice, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
